Evelyn Berezin, who built the world's first word processor, has died

Typing words and editing them with a computer device is called word processing. The current Microsoft Word, Coral Word, etc. Computer programs that can run word processing. That is, they can be installed and run on a regular computer.

But with the advent of desktops and tablets, word processing has become a thing of the past. The first generation word processing device at the time. It was a machine powered by a keyboard, a monitor, and its own computer program. 1969 - The world's first commercial word processor goes on sale Initiated is Data Secretary. This machine, as well as its functional program, was designed by Evelyn Bearsin. Introducing the world of computer word processing. She was considered a pioneer and died at her home in Manhattan, USA, at the age of 93.

Evelyn Bearsin was born on April 12, 1925, to Jewish parents who came to the United States from Russia. 1951 at the Electronic Computer Corporation. Went to work. There she was assigned to build computers for accounting. She built a computer for the U.S. military that could properly target heavy weapons.

She later left the company and in 1957 developed a computer for booking airline tickets for United Airlines. It was the world's first computerized ticketing computer.

Then in 1968 she built a computerized word processing device. From assembling computer circuits to writing programs, he did it himself In 1969 it was released to the market. She also holds a patent for this masterpiece.